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Re: New Linhof Techno press release

I got to handle the Techno today at Photoplus. There were quite a few of these kinds of cameras at the show--Alpa, Cambo Wide DS, and the new Sinar ArTec as well.

The Techno is the only one that is a bellows camera, so it doesn't need helical mounts and can use lenses as long as 210mm natively. It felt more solid and smooth to me than the Sinar, though I thought the controls on the Sinar were a bit more intuitive. On the other hand, I use a Sinar P regularly, and the design of the Techno is more related to the Linhof 679 cameras, so someone accustomed to the 679 might find the Techno more intuitive.